PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cal Klos (ranked 515 p4p, 61 weight class) and Ispa Murhaa (ranked 25 p4p, 4 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Klos
vs
Murhaa

185 cm
24
188 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
199 lbs
16 - 0 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cal Klos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ispa Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa scores with a leg kick.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Murhaa.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body. Klos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murhaa tries to score with a low kick but Klos moves his leg out of the way.
Klos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Klos looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but Klos moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Klos.
Murhaa flicks out a counter leg kick but Klos steps away.
A left lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klos was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Klos tries for a takedown but Murhaa circles away easily
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhaa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Klos's calf.
Murhaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a sloppy head kick and Klos moves out of range easily.
A lazy left from Murhaa finds it's target.
Klos looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Klos.
Klos looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Klos throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa misses with a shot to the body
enabling Klos to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murhaa misses with a double jab.
Klos misses with a body shot.
As Klos backs off Murhaa throws a huge counter combo but Klos manages to avoid it all.
Klos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murhaa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Klos throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.

Klos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murhaa's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos throws a strike but Murhaa avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Klos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klos throws a big right hand that misses.
Murhaa seems keen to control Klos's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klos is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Klos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murhaa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Murhaa controls Klos momentarily but Klos frees himself.
Murhaa has control of Klos's left arm, preventing Klos from doing any damage.
Klos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa keeping moving, preventing Klos from controlling successfully.
Klos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Klos drops back, looking for a kneebar! Murhaa looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Murhaa looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Murhaa!

Klos is trying to improve his position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Klos gets back to half guard.

Klos looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Klos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos is trying to control but can't.

Klos looking for submissions off his back.

Klos looking for submissions off his back.
Murhaa is taking a breather. Klos says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Klos is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ice Cream Parlour, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Murhaa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Murhaa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klos.
Klos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Klos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Murhaa as he jumps to the side.
Murhaa walks into a jab.
Murhaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa ducks right into an uppercut from Klos.
Murhaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A swing and a miss from Klos.
Murhaa shapes to counter with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Murhaa is looking to slow Klos down with leg kicks.
Murhaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Klos lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa looks for the body kick but Klos saw that one coming.
Klos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Klos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ispa Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Klos moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa swings for the body but Klos moves out of range.
Klos misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa looks to throw the jab but Klos is out of range.
Klos scores with a hook to the body. Murhaa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Klos misses with a body shot.
Murhaa lands with a shot to the body.
Klos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murhaa circles away.
Murhaa throws a series of strikes that have Klos backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klos lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murhaa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Klos throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Nice defenses there by Klos.
Klos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Klos misses with a right hand
letting Murhaa counter with a right hand.
Murhaa walks into a straight right hand from Klos.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murhaa.
Klos connects with a jab.
Klos lands a nice hook to Murhaa's body. Murhaa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Klos throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa drops his hands momentarily and Klos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Klos throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klos. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Klos misses with a hook.
Klos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Klos.
Klos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murhaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Klos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Murhaa quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klos throws a strike but Murhaa avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Murhaa pulls Klos in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Klos throws an elbow that misses. Murhaa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Klos's guard. Nice move by Murhaa!

Murhaa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Klos working for submissions but it's allowed Murhaa to get to half guard.
Klos is looking for a sweep. Murhaa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cal Klos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klos staying out of range there.
Klos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Klos.
Nice straight punches there by Klos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Klos.
Klos misses with a hook. Murhaa ducked under it nicely.
Murhaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Klos misses with a body shot.
Murhaa misses with a hook.
Murhaa lands with a nice body punch.
Klos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
Klos throws a good cross that connects.
Klos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Murhaa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klos scores with a nice strike.
Murhaa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Klos throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Klos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murhaa in his tracks.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klos. That did some damage!
Klos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Murhaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Klos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murhaa scrambles back to his feet.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhaa throws out the jab.
Klos avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Klos is looking to counter punch.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Murhaa only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klos fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice cross by Murhaa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klos takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Horrible takedown attempt by Klos or perhaps it was just good defense by Murhaa, which made it look bad.
Klos misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Klos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murhaa tries to avoid it but Klos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murhaa to the ground. Murhaa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cal Klos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murhaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murhaa throws a right hand that Klos ducks under and follows up with a left that Klos also avoids with ease.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Murhaa lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot lands for Murhaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lunges at Klos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Klos's hand.
Nice cross by Murhaa.
A swing and a miss from Murhaa.
Klos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murhaa under the eye.
Murhaa throws a combination. Klos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Murhaa cracks Klos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Klos moves away and avoids it.
Klos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Klos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murhaa on the side of the head.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klos throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa tries to work over Klos's front leg with a kick but Klos checks it.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klos.
Klos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murhaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a series of wild punches.
Klos misses with a straight right.
Klos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murhaa counters with a good low kick that Klos was not able to check.
Murhaa throws a series of punches but Klos moves out of range.
Murhaa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Klos shoots in and bounces Murhaa off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Klos trying to control the position from guard on top but Murhaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klos passes Murhaa's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Murhaa is pressing down on Klos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ispa Murhaa.
I think Murhaa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ispa Murhaa!
An out of breath Ispa Murhaa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.